Adopting Your First Puppy: What You Need to Know

Thinking about bringing a puppy home for the first time? Beyond their adorable faces and playful antics, adopting a puppy is a long-term commitment—often 12 to 18 years! First-time puppy parents need to consider everything from daily care and socialization to early training and establishing routines. With the right preparation and guidance, you can set your puppy up for a happy, well-behaved life from the very beginning.

Get tips from a certified professional dog trainer to help your new puppy settle in, learn good habits, and grow into a confident, well-adjusted companion.

Dog Training Tips: Learning how your dog thinks and makes decisions is the “KEY” to getting your dog to do what you want, when you want, without the need for yelling, intimidation or constant supervision.

Dog Training Los Angeles: It’s Your Choice (IYC) is a critical core foundation game because it sets the stage for teaching self-control over all future reinforcers (reinforcers = anything your dog likes or enjoys). It teaches our dogs that all things of value must be earned. The premise of the game is that the “work” is what earns the reward not just the presence of those rewards in the environment.